Police: Student planned to marry former Freeland teacher accused of sex crimes against him

FREELAND — A high school student with whom former Freeland High School teacher Marcie L. Rousseau is accused of having sex thought they would one day marry, he told police.

The youth told police the two engaged in intercourse about 100 times between May 2009 and February.

The student, who was 16 at the time of 29 sex crimes Rousseau is accused of committing against him, told Tittabawassee Township investigators he planned to marry Rousseau, 33, after her divorce, according to police affidavits. Saginaw County Circuit Court records don’t indicate Rousseau and her husband, Scott, have filed for a divorce. In recent weeks, Scott Rousseau has accompanied his wife to court proceedings in Saginaw and Midland counties.

The former Freeland teacher, of 10065 Shane in Thomas Township, is charged with committing 21 sex crimes against the youth in Saginaw County and eight such crimes in Midland County.

Police say the student claims he and Rousseau had sex in his home, in her home and in vehicles owned by her, according to affidavits filed in Saginaw County District Court. Court documents indicate the pair’s relationship ended several weeks after the boy’s father came home Jan. 25 and discovered a strange vehicle parked in his garage — a vehicle he later determined was Rousseau’s.

Someone drove the vehicle away before the father could determine the person’s identity, but his son reported the visitor was his teacher, whom he claimed was tutoring him.

Berg said Cairy advised that “numerous complaints had been made by parents of students of the district that Marcie Rousseau regularly communicated with current and past students by sending and receiving what (Cairy) described as inappropriate text messages from her cell phone.”

According to court affidavits, police said the father told them that several days after finding the vehicle in his garage, he observed his son burning items in a fire near the family home, and that his son refused to tell him what he burned. Police say the teenager told them his relationship with the teacher ended in mid-February, when the boy’s father caught Rousseau at his house during the day.

Court documents indicate Berg interviewed the student along with five other males who — as of this spring — were or are Freeland High students.

Berg reported a 2006 Freeland graduate stated he was involved in a sexual relationship with Rousseau during his senior year. Two others reported viewing nude photos of Rousseau that a male acquaintance sent to their cell phones. One student said Rousseau requested sexual contact with him — though he denies any contact occurred — and maintains she did his homework for him and wrote at least two of his term papers.

Police say they’re continuing to investigate any potential involvement with other students.

The student reported that during many of his sexual encounters with Rousseau, the teacher wore “sexually suggestive” undergarments, including items from Victoria’s Secret. The youth described the colors and styles of the undergarments to police, according to the affidavits.

Police reported seizing several computers and a variety of Victoria’s Secret undergarments from the Rousseau residence April 28, the day they seized her 2006 Jeep and two cell phones, among other items.

Rousseau awaits a Thursday, Aug. 5, hearing on the evidence before Saginaw County District Judge A.T. Frank. She also awaits a similar hearing Aug. 12 before Midland County District Judge Stephen P. Carras.